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3 unusual facts about Khasan


Far Eastern Railway

Indeed, further development of the Khasan-Tumangang border crossing may provide additional 10 million tonnes of cargo per year, according to some forecasts, let alone a potential two-way traffic of up to 200,000 cargo containers per year from the port of Busan.

There are 365 railway stations along the Far Eastern Railway and two border crossings: Grodekovo (Russo-Chinese border) and Khasan (a border between Russia and North Korea).

Rail transport in Russia

Joint ventures have been formed to build and operate a port in Rasŏn in North Korea, and rail links connecting that port to the Russian rail network at the North Korean-Russian border Khasan-Tumangang.


Khasansky District

The urban-type settlement of Khasan near Lake Khasan has a border crossing between Russia and North Korea.

Telecommunications in North Korea

On May 2006 TransTeleCom Company and North Korea’s Ministry of Communications have signed an agreement for the construction and joint operation of a fiber-optic transmission line in the section of the KhasanTumangang railway checkpoint in the North Korea-Russia border.


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